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The IBM Flex System x240 Compute Node is a high-performance server that offers outstanding performance for virtualization with new levels of CPU performance and memory capacity, and flexible configuration options. It is part of IBM Flex System, a new category of computing that integrates multiple server architectures, networking, storage, and system management capability into a single system that is easy to deploy and manage.

IBM Flex System has full built-in virtualization support of servers, storage, and networking to speed provisioning and increase resiliency. In addition, it supports open industry standards such as operating systems, networking and storage fabrics, virtualization, and system management protocols, to easily fit within existing and future datacenter environments. IBM Flex System is scalable and extendable with multigeneration upgrades to protect and maximize IT investments.

Memory population guidelines:There are 24 DIMM slots total (12 DIMMs per processor) for Low Profile (LP) DDR3 DIMMs.RDIMMs, UDIMMs and LRDIMMs are supported, but memory types must not be intermixed.1.5V and low-voltage 1.35V DIMMs are supported.Support for up to 1866MHz memory speed depending on the processor.Four memory channels per processor; 3 DIMMs per channel.

Memory maximums:With LRDIMMs: Up to 768GB with 24x32GB LRDIMMs and two processorsWith RDIMMs: Up to 384GB with 24x16GB RDIMMs and two processorsWith UDIMMs: Up to 128GB with 16x8GB UDIMMs and two processors

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